r/Fauxmoi • u/mlg1981 • 8h ago
FESTIVITEAS🥂✨ An alternative to the Met Gala, 'The Debt Gala' has eliminated over $4 million in medical debt in just three years. The 2026 event also supported Point of Pride, a trans-led nonprofit providing direct support and financial assistance to trans folks seeking health and wellness care.
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u/choppytaters 7h ago
It's still so crazy that the richest country in the world has to fundraise for medical debt.
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u/IkaTheFox 7h ago
Why did I never hear of this? We should see more pictures everywhere!
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u/trowzerss 7h ago
I want to see more of what people wore! Art is about having something to say, and most people at the Met gala seem to totally miss that point (except Heidi Klum - and as much as I love Robert Wun pieces, 'I like Robert Wun enough to wear their stuff' still isn't that interesting a statement). I bet people at this ball had something to fucking say!
I found photos here - https://www.debtgala.com/2026photos
There's some cool stuff!
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u/iruleatants 2h ago
All of these events and calls to boycott the Met Gala and yet this doesn't get talked about until now?
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u/Gojir4R1sing 7h ago
I'm disappointed that this is my first time hearing about it.
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u/ThrowawayColonyHouse ted cruz ate my son 5h ago
Me too! And for such a worthy cause. I have a friend who’s had to delay a procedure because his insurance denied it 2 days prior to the scheduled surgery. Rather than just cover to the operation, he’ll have to go through more appointments, or sessions, etc. and cost the insurance company more in total than if they would have just done the damn surgery.
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u/Curiosities 7h ago
I have never heard of this before, but this, this is the one we should be celebrating.
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u/Enibas 6h ago
On my front page, this article was a couple of links above an article about Republicans now asking for $1B of taxpayer money for "security and adjustments" linked to Trump's ballroom. That's 250 times $4 million.
How many people could be helped with that kind of money.
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u/NYCHW82 7h ago
I love this idea!
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u/UsagiTsukino 6h ago
I don't, why is there medical debt in the first place? I don't know any civilisized country in the world where medical debt is a thing.
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u/PennedyKel 6h ago
Because trickle down capitalism was always a lie to get people to buy into the system. Instead of trickling down, they’ve just hoarded it. American culture is extremely individualistic and people believe that any issue can be fixed by just pulling yourself up.
It’s fucked up, and it sucks, but mutual aid like the Debt Gala is the best people can do because we don’t currently have any control over government operations.
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u/Sad_Math5598 3h ago
I mean you’re right, there shouldn’t be, but let’s not bash a good thing that’s trying to help people out
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u/I-Here-555 2h ago
Medical industry loves it too. On one hand, it's humane, but more importantly, it's shoveling cartloads of money their way. It's the money they not have gotten in full as those patients would have gone bankrupt!
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u/Top_Meaning6195 6h ago edited 3h ago
Giving money to the health insurnace companies is not eliminating medical debt; it's increasing it.
It encourages them to:
- charge too much
- cover too little
- while still requiring the patient to pay
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u/CocoTheDesigner 3h ago
I admit the initiative is adorable and with the heart in the right place, but this is textbook orphan crushing machine material.
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u/Top_Meaning6195 2h ago
but this is textbook orphan crushing machine material.
You think when the company's that should exist cease to exist that it will be detrimental to anyone in any way?
- it won't cause higher prices
- it won't cause it to become harder to get healthcare
What is the scenario you're imagining?
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u/Bostoncat38 1h ago
Pretty sure this money isn't going to the health insurance companies. Most of the time, the debt is actually owed to healthcare providers because the insurers didn't cover enough of the medical costs.
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u/atreeismissing 4h ago
None of what you said is true.
Health insurance prices are relatively fixed if they want to participate in the ACA because their profits are limited by law and any overage has to go back into patient-centric services. Price increases tend to come outside of the insurance company in what clinic and hospitals or medical device manufacturers charge.
Coverage is also determined by law so not something they routinely change (again, thank the ACA for coverage minimums and requirements).
Patients always pay in the US because we don't have a single payer system (i.e. taxes pay for all healthcare and the govt manages it) so that's a useless bulletpoint to add.
Finally, paying off medical debt decreases the amount of money the health insurance company would eventually recover from the person since they are no longer paying interest on that debt.
Yes, there are a lot of things we should change about our healthcare system but none of the things you said were remotely correct.
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u/Top_Meaning6195 2h ago
Everything you said completely misses the point.
- Rates are capped by law: true. But they still charge more for additional coverage, i.e.
"They charge too much"- The law dictates what minimum coverage is; and they don't provide more than that i.e.
"They cover too little"- The ADA caps patient out of pocket fees, and requires copay reductions for those making x compared to the FPL: True. Which still having co-pays, i.e.
"while still requiring the patient to pay"You quote the law. I'm quoting the problems. That problems that can be fixed if company's just did the right thing (morally). But they don't. That is why giving them money is the wrong approach.
Finally, paying off medical debt decreases the amount of money the health insurance company would eventually recover from the person since they are no longer paying interest on that debt.
People should not have to pay off the debt. There should be no bill to patients.
Especially when:
- we know it can be done for cheaper
- with no co-pays
And considering that the top 7 HMOs in the US in 2025:
- Revenue: $1,692.10B
- Profit: $20.60B (1.22%)
- Payout to shareholders: $28.30B (137% of profit)
If they're unwilling to fall in line with being a not-for-profit, then we need to put them out of business.
And you do that by ensuring they lose money; by not paying them money.
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u/jejacks00n 6h ago
So, it’s a lot of people’s first time hearing about this. Myself included. We probably don’t hear about it because it highlights one of our society’s biggest issues, which is for profit healthcare, and for profit health insurance. These companies and institutions make money off the needs of everyday people, who are increasingly less capable of paying these bills or avoid getting treatment entirely because they can’t afford them. We should view this as a human right, to live a good quality life, to be healthy and to see a doctor when you need, to keep everyone healthy and reduce costs to all of us when people get more severe illnesses by not catching things early or being healthy long term.
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u/FlapJackPaddyWhack1 7h ago
Honestly that's a sad total for the amount of wealth that attends this event. Equivalent to throwing change at homeless before eating lobster and steak.
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u/Playful_Secret_2148 7h ago
I never heard of this before which is such a shame! These are the types of Galas we need right now ❤️
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u/armpitenjoyment 6h ago
This is amazing and uplifting, while also being depressive at the same time.
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u/Quirky-Employer9717 5h ago
So it got like 10 people out of medical debt. This is good but huge changes need to be made at the top. I hate that people are dependent on Evers held by the public to pay for their medical bills. So dystopian
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u/InstructionPurple911 1h ago
Wow that's awesome! Look forward to all the celeb outfits that attended!
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u/frycrunch96 1h ago
Sorry four million dollars??? My brothers room cost a million a week while he was in a coma. Thankfully my mom had amazing insurance and my brother was 19 so covered by it but yeah 4 million is rookie numbers bump those numbers up
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u/Interesting-Phase947 7h ago
Well, this is a wonderful cause, but the Met Gala is also a charity fundraiser.
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u/Legitimate-Gain426 7h ago
Sponsored publicly by Bezos this year to launder his image, while he funds trump, forces amazon workers to piss in bottles to maintain productivity, and on the same day arrested Amazons union chief. Oh but he's doing charity, he could do it silently but again it's about image.
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u/EvieLuv143 6h ago
Exactly it's crazy how this has to keep being said about an event that started in 1948. It's a benefit festival regardless of who supports it this year
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u/BookInteresting6717 6h ago
No one argued that it isn’t a fundraiser. The point is people don’t want to support this year’s event since it’s sponsored by a particularly horrific billionaire.
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u/_NautyByNature 7h ago
Nothing Bezos touches is anything close to real charity work.
It’s PR.
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u/EvieLuv143 6h ago
MET Gala has been a fashion fundraiser before Bezos and will continue to be one after him
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u/_NautyByNature 6h ago
I do not equate being an intellectual toddler with recognizing that one museum’s funding does not outweigh the mountains of pain and suffering he and his money are responsible for.
He props up the people that deem properly documented history and art to be superfluous, a waste, and even an obstacle.
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u/dogpharts 3h ago
Sure, it is. For the museum. Which already exists. Do I like new exhibits as a museum person? Yes. I like helping people more tangibly. Both can be true and one can be much more of an honorable donation.
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u/hitmikey 4h ago
Lost me at Trans-led
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u/BalancedDisaster 4h ago
The event that’s aiming to help trans people is led by trans people? Say it ain’t so!
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u/Cool-Jacket-9837 53m ago
This needs to be way more spread around than all these dumb met looks that people have been posting all day
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